C1 Diagnostic Test KEY

HERE is the key for you to check your answers. We'll be revising it in class next Thursday.

Advanced Collocations

Open this document and do at least 3-5 collocations a day/week (you have more than enough to reach the end of the year...). Write meaningful sentences which you could use in your speech or writing tasks at any moment... and be ready to put them into practice in class or anywhere asap!

Remember you don't have to do them in the given order!!! Choose your favourites first!!!
It is a .docx document so that you can enlarge it with the new collocations you will be coming across during the following months.

Enjoy the activity!!!

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BBC News Daily?

The Times and Sunday Times?

Washington Post?

The Telegraph?

The Guardian?

Sleep Better at Every Age

Sleep Better at Every Age (from The New York Times)

Specially for Teachers

Estimado/a compañero/a:
   Desde el Servicio de Enseñanzas de Régimen Especial os queremos invitar a que consideréis las enseñanzas especializadas de idiomas como una opción preferente en vuestra formación como docentes y como forma de desarrollo personal. Una enseñanza de idiomas asequible, oficial y de calidad.
   Por un lado, aprender una lengua en las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas puede ayudarte a dar un impulso a tu carrera docente. Las EEOOII son las instituciones públicas que te ayudarán a habilitarte como profesor para puestos en centros educativos participantes de los programas bilingües de manera oficial, aparte de contar como créditos de formación para sexenios, acceso a plazas en programas y centros en el extranjero, etc.
   Por otro lado, el aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera ayuda a mantenerse en forma y saludable, de esta forma se entrena tu cerebro y aumenta tu confianza y motivación para seguir aprendiendo. Los adultos que hablan dos lenguas tienen mejor flexibilidad cognitiva, es decir, tienen más facilidad para adaptarse a una circunstancia o tomar decisiones más razonadas.
   Desde el pasado 22 de septiembre se encuentra abierto el plazo para matricularte en una de las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas o sus extensiones de la Región de Murcia, aprovechando las numerosas plazas ofertadas. Para ello, sólo tienes que entrar en cualquiera de las webs de las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas que te adjuntamos. Y recuerda… ¡nunca es tarde!
   Te pedimos que compartas esta información también con tu alumnado. El único requisito para ser alumno de una EOI es tener los 16 años cumplidos antes de final de año, o 14 para matricularse en idiomas diferentes al cursado como primer idioma en la ESO.
   Puedes realizar tu matrícula en una de las plazas disponibles en este enlace (fase plazas sobrevenidas).
Para cualquier duda o aclaración, contacta con la EOI de tu interés.

   Recibe un cordial saludo,

Región de Murcia Consejería de Educación, Formación Profesional y Empleo

Dirección General de Formación Profesional, Enseñanzas de Régimen Especial y Educación Permanente
Servicio de Enseñanzas de Régimen Especial 

WEBS EEOOII CARM 

EOI Caravaca de la Cruz 
EOI Cartagena • Extensiones Fuente Álamo y Mazarrón 
EOI Lorca • Extensiones Águilas, Totana, Alhama y Puerto Lumbreras 
EOI Molina de Segura  • Extensiones Archena, Cieza, Yecla y Jumilla 
EOI Murcia • Extensiones Alcantarilla, Infante y Santomera 
EOI San Javier • Extensión Torre Pacheco 

Expresiones en inglés para milenials y generación Z

Learn these Expresiones en inglés para milenials y generación Z. Some are really funny (from Cambridge Blog)

Celebrate the European Day of Languages with us!

At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.

Activities 2023

Where am I?
You'll be shown 20 random images from all over Europe. Can you find out where those images were taken? Use your language skills and the virtual magnifying glass to find hints in the picture. Good luck! Where am I?

My score: 

The secret agent’s language challenges app 2023

Multilingual tongue twister challenge

Which Language is it?

Famous Quotes

Poll: Impact of AI on language learning

Jokes

Idioms of the World

Questions you never Dared to Ask

and many more activities...

Courses at our EOI

C2 Contents for the whole year

Las programaciones didácticas de los departamentos de esta EOI están basadas en el Decreto nº 54/2020, de 2 de julio, por el que se establece la ordenación Enseñanza de Idiomas de Régimen Especial de la CARM y de los currículos de los distintos niveles A1, A2, B1, B2 , C1 y C2

For C2 we have:

• Definición de niveles y contenidos
• Contenidos discursivos y sintácticos

Find ALL the lexical contents we will be studying along the year related to the units of our textbook:

Lexical Content

EL PAÍS News in English

Dear readers,

(...) The Ukrainian president met this week with his counterpart, Joe Biden, who announced a fresh military aid package for Kyiv against a backdrop of Republican resistance to continued provisions for Kyiv’s cause. “Today, I approved the next tranche of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, including more artillery, more ammunition, more anti-tank weapons, and next week, the first U.S. Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine,” Biden said as the Ukrainian counteroffensive continues on the ground.

EL PAÍS spoke to Thelma Aldana, the former attorney-general of Guatemala, who went into exile in the U.S. due to threats generated by her anti-corruption investigations. More than 40 high-ranking lawyers like her have also had to flee their home country but Aldana is hopeful center-left President-elect Bernardo Arévalo will be able to take office in January after defeating former first lady Sandra Torres in the elections in August. (...)

Elsewhere, an investigation into Mexican organized crime has revealed that the cartels are now the fifth-largest employer in the country. The report by the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, published Thursday in Science, states that criminal groups number around 175,000 members, 60,000 more than a decade ago. (...).

And finally, a recent study published in PNAS examined 34,600 species of 5,400 vertebrate genera over the past 500 years and found that entire branches of the evolutionary tree are being destroyed. (...). In the absence of human influence, it would have taken 18,000 years to see so many genera disappear, the study concluded. “We are losing the only living companions we know of in the entire universe,” said Paul Ehrlich, a professor at Stanford University and a co-author of the paper.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition. Thanks for reading.

You can also read:

• Overcrowding and interminable waits in Lampedusa, where migrants now outnumber residents
• Transcending soccer: When Spain’s world champions realized they are more than footballers
• Gallery | Protest in Madrid against amnesty for Catalan separatists
• WhatsApp will offer new features, such as choosing plane seats and ordering food
• How deepfake technology has spread across the world

European Day of Languages 2023 (next Tuesday 26th Sep.)

 

How happy are you learning a new language?

How would you convince someone to start learning a new language?

We'll be talking about this in class next Tu. Get ready to express your opinion and ideas about it!

Enrol at the EOI!

Aula Virtual INFO

Those of you who are in my group lists (C1 E, C1 H and C2 A) have been enrolled successfully in Aula Virtual. You can find there all the info about the beginning of the year and the initial tests we will be revising in class next week. To enter Aula Virtual you need your NRE and password.

Phrasal Verbs for meetings and Small Talk

Read these phrasal verbs from Cambridge blog to revise/learn some of them. Remember to keep in mind the phrases (not the phrasal verbs) in your mind. 

You may download the (audio & written) dialogue  if necessary; and jot down (=write down) the new phrasal verbs for you.

C2 First Things First!

 Contenidos Nivel Avanzado C2

Contenidos discursivos y sintácticos C2

Real Decreto 11/01/2019 Evaluación Pruebas Certificación Enseñanzas de Régimen Especial
Criterios evaluación C2

EL PAÍS in English

Dear readers,

Two major natural disasters shook Morocco and Libya this week. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the North African nation overnight on September 8, leaving nearly 3,000 people dead and a further 5,500 injured. In the early hours of September 11, a huge accumulation of rainwater caused by Mediterranean Storm Daniel led to the destruction of two dams outside Derna, sending a deluge into the Libyan port city. (...) The eventual toll could rise to as many as 20,000 (..). In both cases, the tragedy has been marked by anger over the lack of a swift response on the part of the national authorities as international aid organizations struggled to reach the affected areas.

As the Ukrainian counteroffensive continues on the ground, Kyiv has been seeking new ways to strike back at the Russian offensive using innovative armaments designed and built in cooperation with private enterprise. (...) Zelenskiy recently announced that Kyiv had successfully tested its first internally produced cruise missile (...)

Elsewhere,

a team of scientists has made a breakthrough in the study of Alzheimer’s disease. By introducing human neurons into the brains of mice genetically modified to display symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s, the researchers were able to identify the exact mechanism of neuronal destruction (...) “This study could help to find therapies that prevent the loss of neuronal cells,” said neuroscientist Amaia Arranz.

And finally, EL PAÍS paid a visit to the former home of celebrated French musician and poet Serge Gainsbourg in Paris, (...) “Everything was preserved thanks to the fact that no one entered and there wasn’t much light. For me it was very important to preserve the smell: the Van Cleef perfume, the smell of Gitanes cigarettes, of alcohol…” said his daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition. Thanks for reading.

You can also read:

• Latin American democracy, as told by five powerful women
• What shopping at Zara will be like in 2025: No stops at cash registers to remove alarms from clothing
• Ozempic: everything you need to know about the weight-loss drug
• Psychopaths in power: Why toxic people easily reach the top spots
• The Latino takeover (playlist)

More Funny Signs

<-- Where would you find these? 
 

Read more here.

And these ?  

Help for puns in funny signs

Cervix /ˈsɜː.vɪks/ sounds similar to service /ˈsɜː.vɪs/. Heal and heel are homophones. Drip also means boring person. Blowout means both pinchazo and festín, comilona. Shorts is short circuits abbreviated. Stuff as a verb also means embalm an animal. Take a leak also means urinate.

What Words Rhyme with Orange, Purple, Silver and Month?

 Are you 100% sure? 

Check here.

Regular Past Forms Pronunciation

My C1 Students will Start...

 ... next Tuesday 19th at 16.00 (full time) and 19.00 (semi)

My C2 Students will Start...

 ... next Monday 18th at 9.30

EL PAÍS in English

 Dear readers,

India will host the G-20 this weekend, bringing the growing global role of the country under the spotlight after its recent successful lunar mission, its economic growth, and as an essential partner for the U.S. and Europe in an era of frayed relations with Beijing. (...) India is seeking to position itself at the forefront of a new world order, as a spokesperson for the Global South in New Delhi’s push to become a powerful and independent pole in a multipolar world.

Elsewhere, September 8 marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the subsequent accession to the throne of her heir, Charles III, who is seeking to establish a legacy of continuity and stability at a time when more and more young Britons are feeling a disconnect with the monarchy. (...) .

Elsewhere, a new report from the CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that climate change could cause between 2.4 and 5.8 million people in Latin America to fall into extreme poverty by 2030 if there is a collective failure to adapt to global warming. Extreme weather events increased from an average of 28 per year between 1980 and 1999 to 53 per year over the last two decades, affecting almost 3 million more people. “The world needs climate, food, and social solutions urgently. This reality is affecting us all,” said Sergio Díaz-Granados, CAF’s executive president.

And finally, the eyes of the tennis world will be on Flushing Meadows on Saturday when American teenager Coco Gauff takes on Aryna Sabalenka, who is set to rise to the top of the rankings next Monday, in the final of the U.S. Open. (...).

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition. Thanks for reading.

   You can also read:

• Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech
• The first human organ created inside an animal opens the door to manufacturing ‘spare parts’ for people
• Spanish prosecutors accuse Rubiales of sexual assault over World Cup kiss
• Can we learn to control our dreams?
• How to start a sustainable exercise routine in September
• The Bulgarian soup that cures a hangover

Get them?

 

If you missed some, check here!

Saying

 

Pairs of Words

Speaking Phrases

EL PAÍS Spanish News in English

Dear readers,

The Luis Rubiales case has dominated headlines around the world this week after the president of the Spanish Football Federation’s non-consensual kiss on national team player Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup. Rubiales has been suspended by FIFA while the case works its way through both the sports and criminal courts in Spain, with the soccer executive facing a possible charge of sexual aggression after the Public Prosecutor's Office opened a preliminary investigation into the matter. Meanwhile, Rubiales is refusing to resign from his position despite increasing calls for him to step down and protests in the streets over his conduct in Australia.

Elsewhere, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has updated its list of most-wanted fugitives in response to the fentanyl crisis sweeping the country. In a reflection of a new era in the war on drugs, the cartel capos that have traditionally been at the top of the DEA’s list of priorities have been replaced by the leaders of criminal organizations involved in the trafficking of the opioid.

Elon Musk has been causing a stir in his birthplace, South Africa, where the owner of X and Tesla has become embroiled in a debate over the use of an anti-apartheid song by political parties. Musk has accused the leftist party Economic Freedom Fighters, led by Julius Malema, of “openly pushing for genocide of white people” by using the song ‘Kill the Boer’ at rallies, despite a ruling by the Johannesburg Equality Court that it is not discriminatory and does not incite violence.

And finally, new research has led to the conclusion that the first device designed for breathing underwater predates Edmond Halley’s 1691 invention of an apparatus for diving by seven decades. According to experts, a copper plate recovered from the wreck of the Spanish galleon ‘Santa Margarita’ that was originally believed to have been used for cooking, is in fact the upper part of a diving bell used in a salvage operation to recover the wealth aboard ‘Santa Margarita’ launched by Francisco Núñez Melián in 1625, who may have commissioned the device for that purpose.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition. Thanks for reading.

You can also read:

• Robotaxis: Taking a ride in a self-driving car through downtown San Francisco
• Marketing and the food industry: Do we know what we’re buying?
• Rob Riemen, essayist: ‘In this society you are constantly brainwashed with your success’
• Have dating apps desensitized us?
• Carlos Alcaraz’s variety makes it tough to choose shots at the US Open. He still keeps winning
• The other side of paradise: The abuses of tourism
• Five must-have devices and five I don’t find useful

C2 September Marks

Check your final (written) marks here.